"Key prop? Does it look like it?"
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] He looked at the half-statue in [ the Do Some Farm Work ]'s hand:
"Isn't this something everyone has?"
"It shouldn't be; there weren't any in the several priests' dormitories that weren't closed earlier."
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] Looking at the upper half of the statue, he found that the break was not the kind of disordered bumps and dents left by rats gnawing, but rather a smooth cross-section that looked like it had been cut with a sharp blade.
It seems there is indeed a story behind this.
The group searched the house but found nothing of value, so they continued cleaning the first floor.
The cathedral's twin towers did not connect to the underground prison and archives, so the six of them carefully searched the area and, after confirming that the entire first floor had been cleaned, went up the spiral staircase to the second floor of the western bell tower.
"Where... where does this door lead?"
Looking at the tightly closed door in front of him, [ the Good Times Don't Last ] he asked [ Clear Soup Master ].
At this moment, [ Clear Soup Master ]'s face was also completely stiff.
He boasted that he had fought Antiya Lisi here, and although the body was controlled by the Grand Duke of Adelaide at the time, he had at least watched the whole thing, and even took a hit from the clock tower from a first-person perspective.
Obviously, there was no such double door inside the clock tower at that time.
"The map is a little different from what I remember, everyone be careful..."
[ Clear Soup Master ] carefully checked the surroundings and moved forward, arriving safely in front of the double doors.
He placed his hand on the door and tried to push it open with a little force, but nothing happened.
The three were responsible for guarding the surroundings, with [ Howling Pothos ] and [ Zhongde ] surrounding them one after the other.
Their strength attributes were the highest in the team, and they planned to come up and lend a hand to [ Clear Soup Master ].
Three men with six arms pressed against the door, but the wooden door remained completely still.
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] After looking around, he pointed to the door frame and said:
"Look, isn't this a hinge?"
The three looked in the direction he was pointing and indeed saw the exposed hinge structure.
So what does this mean?
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] He revealed a smile that was no different from crying:
This means that the door cannot be opened from this side.
"Nonsense, in reality, it's not like there aren't doors with hinges on the inside; you just need to pull..."
[ Clear Soup Master ] finally realized the problem after refuting half of it. The heavy double wooden door in front of him was very tall and the surface texture was very fine, but there was only one thing that was not done well. That was, there was no structure on the surface of the door that could be used for leverage, such as a "door knocker" or "door handle".
The ingenious design allows the two doors to close seamlessly, leaving no room for anyone to slip through.
"So... this door can only be pushed, not pulled, and to push it open you have to go around to the other side, is that what you mean?"
"That's right."
[ The Good Times Don't Last last long] He nodded:
"This thing brought back some bad memories. Why doesn't the World of Disorder development team learn anything good, instead of these designs that are so hard to understand?"
[ Howling Pothos ] gave a different evaluation:
"I actually find it quite interesting. Putting aside the game world outside the Dungeon, the design of this church Dungeon is quite sophisticated, with a kind of half-dead, Souls-like feel to it..."
[ Do Some Farm Work ] couldn't help but marvel at these words:
" Pothos, you're quite knowledgeable. I thought you only played games with leaderboards."
[ Howling Pothos ] shook its head:
Sometimes I suffer alone.
"Good news, now you don't need to open those games to suffer in the World of Disorder."
Is it really good news?
After chatting and confirming the safety of the area near the gate, the group resumed their previous search and clearing of the entire second floor.
Players soon discovered that Ed had decorated the first and second floors of the west building in a style resembling "Open the door to good fortune".
Behind each door that can be opened directly is a relatively safe room, where occasionally a few Thorn Rat will squeak and scurry into the gaps.
Aside from a key in the door, such a room is always accompanied by nothing to be found.
Each closed door that needs to be forcibly opened is like opening a blind box for them; players without X-ray vision will never know what's behind the door.
Some rooms were neatly arranged with supplies, while others seemed to have been turned into new homes by rats. Still others contained strange wood carvings that appeared to have some kind of meaning.
Unfortunately, the six of them booked rooms on half a floor but still couldn't find the other half of the World Tree statue.
However, what frustrates players the most are the rooms with enemies in the back, because they don't know if the BOSS has marking abilities or aggro-guiding abilities, so they don't miss any room along the way.
As for rooms where enemies are present, they will always attack the moment the door is opened.
"It's finally my turn!"
[ On Do Some Farm Work ] swung his arms and switched places with [ Zhongde ]. Next, it was his turn to kick down the door. He really enjoyed doing this kind of interesting work.
"FBI, open the door!"
He shouted and kicked open the first door he was in charge of, revealing three lively priests inside.
"Lay down your weapons and surrender!"
[ On Do Some Farm Work ] shouted as he kicked open his second door, inside which was a trainee bishop who could, to some extent, control the Thorn Rat swarm.
"Those who understand the times are wise!"
[ Do Some Farm Work ] kicked open the third door on the second floor, revealing a Stained Ones inside.
The six men, panting heavily from the fierce battles, leaned against the corridor wall to recover their strength, with spilled blood and the corpses of their enemies at their feet.
The vines slowly absorbed the corpses into the ground. [ Do Some Farm Work ] got up, intending to break down the door again.
[ Zhongde ] and [ Good Times Don't Last ] quickly grabbed him from either side:
"Brother, please calm down!"
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] he shouted:
"Stop driving! Stop driving! If you keep going, you might just drive Motley out of control!"
"No, please let me drive it one more time!"
[ Do Some Farm Work ] was clearly a bit unconvinced, but the fact that he had taken down three enemies in a row did indicate that he was having a bad day.
After thinking it over, he gave the opportunity to [ Good Times Don't Last n't last long]:
"Here, you open it, I'll hold the door open for you."
"Good."
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] He took two steps forward and came to a door that was not yet opened. He reached out and twisted it and found that it could actually be opened.
Based on previous experience, the house should be safe.
I don't think there's any danger.
As he spoke, he opened the door, and a robust half-tree figure, nearly three meters tall, slowly turned around to look at him.